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Virginia Guards Acquitted of Assaulting Prisoner
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2003
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2003, page 17
Three former prison guards were acquitted March 27, 2002 on charges of beating a shackled prisoner at the Wallens Ridge State Prison, a Virginia supermax. Lt. Jeffrey Compton, Sgt. Mathew Hamilton and Michael Bliley were charged with felonious assault and fired after allegations they kicked and beat Thomas Plummer in ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints.
Location:
Virginia.
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